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  • Your Quick Guide to Planning Memorials and Funerals this Pandemic

    Your Quick Guide to Planning Memorials and Funerals this Pandemic

    The world is continuously challenged to adapt to the circumstances brought about by the pandemic. Even a family’s means of grieving and saying goodbye must shift to non-traditional ways to minimize infection. Funeral homes are consistently providing ways for families to address such needs despite the challenges of not being able to come together.

    Memorials and funerals may be tricky to plan nowadays but, we gathered some tips to guide you throughout the process. Read them below.

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    Utilize Online Services

    Funeral homes now integrate the latest technology in the provision of their services. Because the pandemic limits everyone to communicate face-to-face, communication is made through online platforms and even social media avenues. At the same time, funeral homes now offer live streaming services such as viewing and masses in lieu of face to face gatherings.

    Come Up With Virtual Events

    Funeral homes can only do so much to make your deceased loved one remembered and commemorated. Aside from the funeral home’s online services, your family can also conceptualize a virtual event like setting up a video conference and using this moment to say goodbye messages. Or, you can continue the tradition of sharing a game of bingo with family members and friends online.

    Prepare in Advance for In-Person Gatherings

    If the family decides on coming together on the last day of the wake, preparation and thorough planning are essential to minimize the risks of contamination. Keep in mind that only a limited number of people are allowed for essential circumstances like funerals.

    These preparations can include activities, attendance from family and friends, meals, and refreshments. Your trusted funeral director can help you navigate through the preparations if you are having a hard time planning.

    Encourage Personal Means of Commemoration

    When a person is grieving, there is a natural tendency to look for a shoulder to lean on. The same when a family loses a beloved member. Because there are restrictions for gatherings, every family is solely encouraged to complete an activity that expresses their grief and loss in solidarity with other families and friends.

    Put Together Shared Memories

    Because family members and friends couldn’t get together to share stories and memories, why not put together a slideshow or a virtual album of photographs and videos? Solicit letters, memorabilia, stories, photographs, and videos of your dearly departed. After compiling these materials, you can send everyone a finished copy for them to view and remember their loved one dearly.

    Although the pandemic hindered everyone from their normal course of life, saying goodbye and remembering a loved one can be done with professional guidance and understanding from each member of the family.

     

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  • Small Businesses You Can Start This Pandemic

    Small Businesses You Can Start This Pandemic

    The Philippine economy went downhill as the transmission of coronavirus progressed. As a safety precaution, the local government urged everyone to stay indoors and put themselves on quarantine for months. Because of this action, the economy plummeted.

    Small businesses and laborers were forced to tolerate hunger as the establishments were mandated to close. If not, minimize the number of employees working. As such, people are looking for ways to earn income because their primary means of making have been trampled.

    To ignite a few ideas and possibly guide you, we compiled these not-so-difficult startups you can try.

    Delivery Services

    Since everyone is encouraged to stay inside their homes, especially if they don’t have essential transactions, providing delivery services have been a booming source of income for others.

    If you have a vehicle or a motorcycle, you can ask your neighbors or other members of the community that you can run their errands for them at a fee. Senior members of the community and those who can’t leave their children would find your services very helpful.

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    Selling Home-Cooked Meals

    With the help of social media, you can take photos of your baked goodies and other delicious meals and advertise it for sale. You can also add in a fee for delivery service. For people on the go, you can try offering your home-cooked meals for a small amount!

    You can even copy big fast-food chains by providing delivery scheme and letting your customers order through social media or other communication channels. If you have impeccable cooking skills, you can sell home-cooked goodness to your neighbors.

    Sew Made-to-Order or Custom Masks

    Do you have the talent of sewing clothes and other fabric souvenirs for your loved ones? If you do, you can sell custom or made-to-order masks that people will love. However, be careful as masks need to have at least 3-ply fabric so that it can filter droplets from sneeze or cough.

    You can have customers send in their designs for their masks. After all, if the new normal requires everyone to use masks, why not make it trendy and fun to use? Plus, you’ll earn money while obeying quarantine protocols.

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    E-Loading Biz

    People nowadays are glued to their phones and other electronic gadgets. To beat the boredom of being in-home quarantine, you only have your TVs, phones and laptops to entertain you. Because of this, people need more electronic mobile load for them to enjoy social media and other video streaming platforms.

    Plus, with the dawn of remote work and online schooling, the electronic load is needed more than ever. So, if you’re looking for a side hustle with only a phone, e-loading business is a great place to start.

    This pandemic is surely testing everyone’s patience and creativity. No matter how disadvantageous this pandemic is, it is never a reason to succumb in life. You can always take small steps and ask for help from friends and family.

    If there’s one thing we can all learn from this pandemic, it pays to be prepared for the inevitable.

     

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